Sadly, I live in the middle of this country. The beach is my happy place, but I don’t get to be there often enough.

I grew up on the beach. Now, I live far away from the ocean.

It is not easy for me. I struggle every day with not being near Mother Ocean. People think I am stupid or crazy for pining for the beach.

If you know, you know.

It feels as if a part of me is missing.

My favorite is the sound when a summer deluge hits a metal roof like the one on my parents' deck.
Add in the chorus of rain hitting the bayou the deck overhangs, and it's veritable symphony.
Simultaneously soothing and invigorating

snow. and especially the sounds of the ocean.

... for these freight train sounds -- tornados!

I think the tornados sound more like a giant blowing into an empty jug.

Starting about the 14-second mark in this video:
https://www.reddit.com/r/tornado/comments/10etm7y/freight_train_sound/

Intermittent in this brief video:
https://www.tiktok.com/@drewtaylor_official/video/7041048329022688518

That is wonderful walking time (pre-dawn or post-dusk) and weather. Peaceful doesn't begin to describe...

at Christmas. I was stunned by the absolute beauty of the sounds of the beach while it snowed.

Love them especially in the early morning and later evening.

Music to my ears!

My little girl is a total lover and purrs constantly ☺️

evenings, the golden hour, tearing around the neighborhood on my bike.

The first that comes to mind is the wind through the pine trees. You can actually hear it almost like waves coming over the other ridges of the mountains as it builds towards you and then goes past you and goes through the trees it's a really amazing sound.

Second on the list would be thunderstorm and rain in the mountains that building sound as it comes towards you. And the rain is just glorious especially in july!

Last but not least is a sound that is not a sound. Falling snow. That beautiful hush that comes with a winter snowstorm..

But the best is - train whistles in the night - 4 miles away - I have no car traffic so that and coyotes are my main night sounds.

Some nights I just hear whistle after whistle as there are 3 roads the trains have to blow their whistles at. I sleep with my deck doors open (screens ) - no air conditioning so I can hear the night really well. Also, if my rooster hears a noise in the night, he will crow and then his crowing makes my distant neighbors roosters crow.

My dogs like to sleep on upstairs deck outside my bedroom. When the coyotes come, my dogs and the coyotes try to out howl each other. It gets really loud but I love it.

Lightning is also really exciting when you live at high altitudes.

So rain, train whistles, lightning, Roos crowing and coyotes howling- these are a few of my favorite things plus my super affectionate dogs and my long time boyfriend who occasionally visits.

... when the sound of cicadas turns into the sound of crickets.

The crackling of a campfire
A deck of cards being shuffled
When a hockey puck connects with a hockey stick or vice versa
The sound of coffee brewing
The sound of coffee being poured
When my neck, back and all sorts of bodily joints produce cavitations (cracking)

It gives me joy - and hope.

Her sleep sounds are so cute and comforting to me.

preferably on my lap!

Water sounds (ocean waves, streams, and rain) activate mg bladder.

a burbling mountain stream, raindrops falling on the tent; also, the sound of waves lapping on the boat's hull as they gently rock me to sleep.

Above all, the laughter of children, the sweetest hymn the universe will ever know.


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touches the heart.

Mahler's "Resurrection" Symphony, 80 minutes of heavenly bliss to me.

— Ron

also love a mild thunderstorm ( but no tornaods please)

Thunderstorm===not the ones in my neighborhood , but the ones in the distance.

I play ocean sounds (crashing waves) all night long. I subscribe to Amazon sleep sounds and go to sleep and wake up to ocean sounds or babbling brook sounds through Alexa. Only $10/yr.

On vinyl records.

Last train of the night usually around midnight when I'm turning in.

. An interesting geofeature of the northern tip of Manhattan is the north running Harlem River of Manhattan bends, and goes westward into the Hudson River.

It passes by two baylets. The Atlantic Ocean actually covers the Hudson River ftom the Hudson Bay northland. So this water way area going east to west has a tide. When the water gets halfway down, or up these mud flats appear in the baylets. Then when a speed boat, or the big Circle Line cruse ship comes around (it circles Manhattan) by it sends small waves that hit the mud flat, and they make small ocean wave sounds! It's so sweet, and soothing. I don't feel like I'm missing making my one trip way down into Brooklyn to hear the ocean, and see special fireworks.

And someone posted the 'sounds of my family, and friends voices'. Sure I'm fine w texting, but it's so nice to hear their voices.

Also, waves crashing on the beach.

may want to check out 'virtual' (no headset needed) walking tours of places around the world to include walking in the rain. The sound of rain hitting the ambient environment as well as an umbrella is very relaxing. Scenery does not suck either. This is my answer to your question- Rain maybe on umbrella.

I did spend some formative years in Portland Or.

scenery and sound. I haven't seen one on-line yet but have experienced it many times. If those sounds won't put one to sleep...

Surf sounds were a very close second.

I just find that sound very relaxing for some reason.

Various stuff like airplane cabin sounds, spaceship noises, car rides in the rain etc. They actually work better for me than binaural beats.

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It means the whispery-rushing sound of the wind through the leaves of many trees at once; if a sound had a texture, psithurism would feel cool and silky on your skin.